Posted on 05/30/2007 10:35:22 AM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
I agree. How can the CDC let someone who is that contagious travel international and not even inform the airlines or the countries he is flying to about what he has? Meanwhile in the process he is exposing I don't even know how many others to TB. Very scary.
Well, not necessarily in Atlanta. . .could be they shared a Marta train ride on a bad day. The possibilities are endless, (but seems whomever was the source should be in Grady right now; along side of him. . .or perhaps he is no longer 'here'.
That said. . .do we know for sure that he married a woman?
I am still amazed that it appears his identity can be 'contained'; while his disease has not been and is front page.
Likely.
;-)
They both flew to Rome on May 21st. Don't know if she is Rome being held somewhere or if they snuck her back in the States too.
LOL.
Twonie, Xenalyte asked for a "kind" Canadian to answer to her question. Why would you respond?
;-)
According to the news reports, the CDC didn’t know he had this drug resistant strain until he was in Europe. My understanding is that TB has been becoming more difficult to treat over the years because so many folks who have it are irresponsible and/or homeless and don’t do the proper drug regimen. This is part of an overall issue of the ACLU contingent vs. the public health.
Multidrug resistant TB is a strain of TB that cannot be cured with the most effective anti-TB medicines. Like all forms of TB, it is spread through the air. In 1991, New York City experienced an outbreak of MDR TB that eventually claimed more than 500 lives. Recently, an MDR TB outbreak in Russia has killed many more.
But illegal aliens aren’t really a problem. TB in Mexico is quite common yet our President and Senators don’t even consider the health risks to Americans.
he must have understood he was contagious, yet chose to deliberately expose others. 'Well educated, successful, intelligent' doesn't count - he's just cold-blooded selfish and irresponsible.
An armed guard outside his door is EXACTLY what he needs!
What nerve....what arrogance....!!!
I HOPE hundreds if not thousands find out who this self important buzzard is and sue his stigma to kingdom come!
If I had sat next to him, or worse...my child, baby or a pregnant lady .....
..I would want his name, the name of his family, where he lives, what he makes and the name of his bank!
He purposely endangered untold numbers of people.
The mystery of 'illness' deepens here. . .they offered on Fox News a while ago - could be error of course - that only two cases of this TB strain were noted in USA in past year (or two?). . .
Whatever; perhaps while this couple were making plans, scouting abroad for place to marry? Or, is this the 'hundreth monkey syndrome'; and it just appeared. . .synchronous, from somewhere else?
His wife and everyone else...(if they're lucky enough to find them in time) will be tested....and then tested again in 8 weeks.
No one....but no one is out of the woods on this!
Then why did they make a big deal out of claiming to tell him that he shouldn't fly? They made sure that was in the news so that their hands looked clean. If they didn't know, they would have been checking to see if the treatment was working. He would have been tested constantly. They knew.
I had a false positive for TB as a kid. I was checked constantly until it dawned on them that I'd never had it.
It may not be merely an urban myth. “Patient zero” is believed to have been a gay male flight attendant named Gaetan Dugas. A movie entitled “And the Band Played On” mentions Dugas extensively in its chronicling the discovery and spread of HIV and AIDS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetan_Dugas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_the_Band_Played_On
Is that HIM? Easily remembered.
Number two...it stands to reason that the guy's wife has had the closest contact with this numbskull for probably longer than 10 weeks...and is testing PPD negative. Which leads me to believe chances are low that others have been infected.
If my logic is weak, please let me know.
PPD tests take 48 hrs to 72 hrs to get results...I am required to take one every year.
Yes, some that have been exposed will not test positive for up to 10 weeks...So, for safety sake..it's wise to have follow ups.
Which brings me full circle to this moroons wife.....Have they been together for longer than 10 weeks?? I would expect so......
BWDIK?? I'm a man, but I can change, If I have to....Maybe.
see post #43
Maybe he hadn't seen her in a while.....maybe she's been waiting in Europe for months, planning the wedding?
Why won't they give us answers?
When did this guy get infected, and how?
When did it come to their attention?
WHY didn't they remove him from the streets of Atlanta?
Nowadays, having TB isn't quite the stigma it use to be, if you get to a doctor right away...
..a couple, three shots and you're good to go....(someone WILL correct me if I'm wrong)
Also, WHEN did they alert the folks on the first plane...(cause they presumably started tracking this guy shortly after he left/flew away)
Why are we just now hearing about it...when they...the CDC...had to have known shortly after May 12th!!!!!!
It's May 30th....why are we just getting somewhat informed?
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